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Re: Ludwick injury - dislocated shoulder

4. The answer to the question is Xavier Paul. Baker as always will keep Heisy on a short leash, as he should. When Heisy fails, Paul will platoon with him.

1. Excellent question
2. How specifically might that happen is the more interesting question imho.
3. Why? Seems like the most sensible option if you go for a value player so not farm system or roster decimating.
4. Boo.

Re: Ludwick injury - dislocated shoulder

Originally Posted by Kingspoint

I wasn't talking about pitchers. Votto is immune. Heisey has failed to live up to his potential. Bruce, according to this thread, has failed to live up to his potential, though, I feel he's a Superstar and will exceed .940 in OPS this season. (If it wasn't for Baker, Chapman would be preparing to face 700+ batters per year instead of 250.)

Re: Ludwick injury - dislocated shoulder

Originally Posted by RedEye

At this point, it almost seems like the best option to call up Hamilton and move Choo to LF. I think Hamilton is ready to learn as a hitter at the major league level, and there is no way he is going to be worse than Choo as a CF.

While I am not sure Hamilton is the answer, I agree that CF is the spot you want to fill. This way LF and CF defense gets an upgrade. Acquiring an excellent fielding CF, even if they have an OPS in the .600s, would be an okay trade-off.

I do not have a name to propose. What ever happened to that Stubbs guy?

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Re: Ludwick to 15 day DL

Not moving Choo to LF is a pretty bewildering move. At the very least you think they could make up some of the net run-production lost from Ludwick by beefing up the defense. I know people want to trade for a new LF, but really, by the time that becomes an option, we might as well bring up Hamilton, right?

I'll also add that, if it comes down to Heisey filling in, I really don't see why you don't go with Paul instead. No upside, but, really, Heisey has none either, and Paul at least got on base last year. This might contradict what I just said because I have no idea how Paul and Heisey compare as defenders.

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